I’ve been fired as a junior more than once. I was given little to do at my last agency and was almost never given a negative review on anything. Is there anything creative I can pivot to?

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Was it a group layoff? My company has a bit of a “last group coming in, first batch that leaves” thing.

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Unless it’s a personality thing, it’s not personal. Need more context. I SUCKED as a Junior. Made a LOT of mistakes. That’s normal.

No just me

Did you get into beefs with people or did you feel like you seriously underperformed? People don’t just hire - they do when manpower is needed at an extreme level. Hard to believe there was nothing to do

What kind of mistakes did you make? It feels like no place I go let’s me be a junior. And I’ve never worked at a top firm.

What are you talking about? You have great gramar!

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No beefs. They just didn’t give me much to do. I never understood why they hired me. I always asked for more. I had 2 luxury assignments I struggled with.

Did you ask for more work? It could be the agency’s fault but if it happens several times it can’t hurt to look within.

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I’m sorry to hear that. If you got fired a few times as a junior there must be something you did or didn’t do. I know it might be painful but can you ask your old bosses why?

Do you have a background in advertising? Like, done a portfolio course or a degree? You don’t need one to “make it” but I wonder if you’ve been failing because there’s a bigger learning gap for you to cover, like a failed probation sort of thing

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